Joshua Tree News

As I've written before, one of the things that attracts me to the Mojave Desert is its hidden treasures.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR MIKE SMILEY THIS FRIDAY Mike Smiley, a 15-year-resident of Joshua Tree, died Friday, May 10.

DESERT WATER DISTRICT MEET IN REGULAR SESSION TONIGHT The Hi-Desert Water district board of directors will meet at 6:00 tonight.

TWO ARRESTED IN SEARCH AT JOSHUA TREE PROBATION OFFICE Two people were arrested yesterday morning.

SHAKTI FEST COMING TO JOSHUA TREE RETREAT CENTER THIS WEEKEND Shakti Fest will be coming to the Joshua Tree Retreat Center for a three-day celebration this weekend.

Have I, after a mere four days at Joshua Tree National Park, become so inured of these wondrous surroundings that I have ceased appreciating the geologic and floral delights to be experienced? Perhaps.

A 23-year-old Joshua Tree man who was struck by his own pickup truck in a chain-reaction crash almost three months ago died on Tuesday of his injuries, according to the coroner's office.

From last year's En Yay Sah , Sierra Leone dance music artist Janka Nabay's project with NY group the Bubu Gang, comes "Feba." According to Nabay, the song tackles a difficult side to paternity: "'Feba' is about a baby that you have with a woman that you are really are in love with, but you are not totally sure is yours.

Congressman Paul Cook of Yucca Valley cut the ceremonial ribbon to commemorate the opening of the new Joshua Tree Elementary School.

Wildfox designer Kimberley Gordon's current loves are always reflected in her lookbook spreads, channeling inspiration from the movie Clueless , pin-ups of the '50s and various other cultural touchstones.

CHP OFFER "START SMART" DRIVING CLASS TOMORROW EVENING The Morongo basin CHP office is offering a free "Start Smart" class for teen drivers tomorrow evening.

A LECTURE ON DRYLANDS PERMACULTURE IN JOSHUA TREE THURSDAY Transition Joshua Tree will be repeating a lecture on Drylands Permaculture.

As the Joshua Tree Philharmonic continues their final stretch of rehearsals prior to their end-of-season concerts this May 16th through 19th, there will be a new addition to this pioneering inter-generational community orchestra - a complete set of five world-class Ludwig hammered copper orchestral timpani drums.

LOCAL DEMOCRATS MEET SUNDAY The Morongo Basin Democratic Club's May membership meeting moves to Saturday morning with a "Power Breakfast" at Bruce's Coyote Kitchen on the Copper Mountain College campus in Joshua Tree.

BOXOHOUSE OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY An open house will be held Sunday, May 12, for BoxoHouse artist-in-residence Heather Johnson.

LIONS CLUB GIVING OUT FREE EYEGLASSES IN JOSHUA TREE TOMORROW The Twentynine Palms Lions Club will give away free eyeglasses Saturday, May 11, from 9 to 3. All Morongo Basin residents are eligible to receive a pair of glasses.

NEW EXHIBIT AT JOSHUA TREE LIBRARY, RECEPTION TOMORROW A new exhibit is up on the walls at the Joshua Tree Branch Library.

On Thursday, May 9, 2013, at about 11:41 AM, a report was received of a shooting in the parking lot of the Town Center Mall, located at 57725 Twenty-Nine Palms Highway in Yucca Valley.

Los Angeles quintet Young Hunting spent two years traveling all over California, recording their debut LP Hazel in various garages, living rooms, Joshua Tree, even inside a ranger's station.

OLD SCHOOLHOUSE LECTURE ON DEFACEMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS In recent months, vandals have defaced both natural features and man-made cultural artifacts in Joshua Tree National Park, and a mural in Joshua Tree.